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When first joining a swim team, swim parents are given a list of equipment you will need. When I first saw this I had no idea what some of the items were … and I am still finding out about new things. I’m going to list equipment from early swimmers to more advanced. I know …

We have had a bit of an odd journey in swimming. While typically swimmers start in a team and maybe switch teams once or twice throughout their entire swimming journey to college, we are the exception. We didn’t do this. We have been swimming competitively for 9 years and been with 6 teams in 4 …

I’ve been asking my daughter to write something for the blog. She hasn’t done it so today I interviewed her. I’m still chuckling! I’m not kidding … one answer made me laugh for a while. Crazy kid! What do you like that we do to support you? FOOD! You replace stuff when our stuff breaks. …

Adolescence can be awful. Beyond school and homework, the social aspects of growing up through adolescence is just … well … hard! At the pool last night a parent talked about time in the pool providing a great mental break for swimmers. They had time to think outside of school and social pressures. I provides …

I laugh when Sophia comes home and tells me how she argued with a fellow middle school student over swimming versus seasonal sports. Those who do not swim or have just swam in Summer league don’t really have a clue that swimming isn’t a sport … it’s a marathon. A marathon that lasts for YEARS! …

Our oldest daughter started swimming when she was 5 … well competing. She was so little and we had no idea what we were doing. The poor coach had to tell her everything she was to do. Our youngest daughter was a year and a half. She has literally grown up by a pool, first …

My daughter has discovered the show, “Dance Moms” … much to my chagrin. She was watching it the other day and said, “You should write a post that’s like “Dance Moms” but is Swim Moms!” Welllllllll … I thought about it. How could you take these raving competitive maniac moms and translate them to competitive …

My oldest daughter has swum for 9 years. I have spent a LOT of those 9 long years near a pool. There are articles written about how to be a good swim parent, how to encourage and not coach, what to do and what not to do … etc. I want to just take a …

My swimmer has a favorite swimsuit vendor – Hardcore Sports (hxcsport.com). We used to swim with the Southern California region and this vendor was at big swim meets. They make really cool suits and now that we are on the opposite coast my swimmer loves to get their suits and wear them because literally no …

As a parent … what do we do with tears after a race or a particularly hard practice? There will always be that really hard moment when a parent literally is at a loss to help their swimmer through the emotional outcome of hard work. Let me start this by saying … I haven’t figured …

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